Name: Baked Tilapia Fish With Tomato Gravy/ Meen Pollichathu. recipe by Rumana Rawat at BetterButter
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: Ingredient's to marinate the fish.; 1 Medium size Tilapia fish; 1/2tsp red chilli powder 1/4tsp turmeric; 1/2tsp coriander powder 1/2tsp ginger garlic paste; 1/4tsp black pepper powder; Salt to taste 1tsp oil.; Ingredient's for the gravy.; 1 onion 2 green chilli 2 large tomatos (finely chopped); 1/2tsp red chilli powder 1/2tsp turmeric 1/2tsp coriander; 1/2tsp garam masala 1/2tsp mustard seeds; 2tsp lemon juice 1tsp ginger garlic paste; 10 curry leaves 2tbsp thick coconut milk; 2tbsp chopped coriander leaves; Salt to taste 2tbsp oil.

ABOUT Baked Tilapia Fish With Tomato Gravy/ Meen Pollichathu. RECIPE

Baked Tilapia Fish With Tomato Gravy. This is a very famous kerala dish called Meen Pollichathu. Meen Pollichathu is basically fish covered with a spicy masala and wrapped in banana leaves and shallow fried.

Ingredients Serving: 1

Ingredient's to marinate the fish.
1 Medium size Tilapia fish
1/2tsp red chilli powder 1/4tsp turmeric
1/2tsp coriander powder 1/2tsp ginger garlic paste
1/4tsp black pepper powder
Salt to taste 1tsp oil.
Ingredient's for the gravy.
1 onion 2 green chilli 2 large tomatos (finely chopped)
1/2tsp red chilli powder 1/2tsp turmeric 1/2tsp coriander
1/2tsp garam masala 1/2tsp mustard seeds
2tsp lemon juice 1tsp ginger garlic paste
10 curry leaves 2tbsp thick coconut milk
2tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Salt to taste 2tbsp oil.

Instructions

Clean the fish. Make gashes on both the sides. Add all the marinated ingredients into a mixing bowl and make a thick paste by adding little water. Then apply it nicely on the fish and set it aside for atleast 30 minutes.
In a tava add oil and fry the fish both the side for a minute or 2. In a deep frying pan, add oil, when oil is hot, add curry leaves and mustard seeds, when they splutter, add onion, green chilli and fry to lite brown.
Add red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala and ginger garlic paste and fry for 1 minute. Then add chopped tomato's, coconut milk, coriander leaves, lemon juice, salt and cook till the tomatoes are well cooked.
Allow it to cool. In a mean time pre-heat the oven at 200c for 10minutes. Take a large foil paper, spread some masala on it. Place the fish over the masala and spread some more masala over the fish.
Fold the edges and secure. Then baked the fish for 10 to 15minutes. Serve hot with Rice, Roti or as a Side Dish.

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